Mukhtasar Bukhari

Narrated Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Harith (may Allah be pleased with him): Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) led the Asr prayer, then went on foot (on the way) and saw Sayyiduna Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him), who was playing with the children. Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) lifted him onto his shoulder and said, "May my father be sacrificed for you, you resemble the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and do not resemble Ali (may Allah be pleased with him)." Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) was laughing upon hearing this.

Sayyiduna Abu Juhaifah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I saw the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), and he (peace be upon him) resembled Sayyiduna Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). So it was said to him (Abu Juhaifah), "Describe the appearance of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)." He said: He (peace be upon him) was fair-skinned, his hair was partly white and partly black, and the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) ordered us to be given thirteen camels, but we had not yet taken those camels when he (the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) passed away.

It was said to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Busr, may Allah be pleased with him, who was a companion of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), "Did you see the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) when he was old?" He replied, "There were some white hairs between his lower lip and his chin."

´Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) says that` the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) was of medium stature, neither very tall nor very short. His complexion was fair with a reddish tinge, not completely white (like lime), nor very wheatish (yellowish), but rather reddish-white. His hair was neither very curly nor completely straight. Revelation descended upon him at the age of forty. He (peace be upon him) stayed in Makkah for ten years. Revelation (the Qur'an) continued to descend, and he stayed in Madinah for ten years. At the time of his passing, there were not even twenty white hairs in his blessed head and beard. (Note: The Arabs sometimes count in tens and leave out the units, although the Prophet (peace be upon him) stayed in Makkah for thirteen years after prophethood.)

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) in another narration says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was neither very tall nor short, neither completely white in complexion nor completely wheatish yellow, neither had very curly hair nor completely straight hair. Allah Almighty bestowed Prophethood (revelation of the Qur'an) upon him at the end of his fortieth year of blessed age... and the rest of the hadith is narrated (see the previous hadith:).

Sayyiduna Bara’ (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was the most handsome, pleasant-faced, beautiful, and the best in character among all people. In stature, he was neither very tall nor very short.

It was asked from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him): "Did the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) apply dye?" He said: "No, only a little whiteness had appeared on both his temples."

Narrated by Sayyiduna Bara’ bin Azib (may Allah be pleased with him): The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was of medium height and there was a gap between his shoulders (his chest was broad). His hair reached his earlobes. I saw him wearing a red (striped) mantle, and I have never seen anyone more beautiful than him.

It is narrated in another narration from Sayyiduna Bara’ (may Allah be pleased with him) that he was asked, “Was the blessed face of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) like a sword (long and thin)?” He replied, “No, rather it was round and radiant like the moon.”

Narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Juhaifah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he saw the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) performing prayer (at noon) in the valley of Batha, and in front of him a spear (as a sutrah) was fixed.... This hadith has already passed (see the Book: Description of Prayer... Chapter: The Sutrah of the Imam is also the Sutrah of the Followers) and in this narration, Sayyiduna Abu Juhaifah (may Allah be pleased with him) says that people stood up and began to take the hand of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and wipe it over their faces (for blessings). Sayyiduna Abu Juhaifah (may Allah be pleased with him) says that I also took the hand of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and placed it on my face, and it was cooler than ice and more fragrant than musk.

Narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "I have continued to be among the best generations of people (that is, among noble and pure lineages) from (the time of) Adam (peace be upon him) until the generation in which I was born."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that in the beginning, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would let the hair of his forelock hang forward, while the polytheists would part their hair. The People of the Book would let their hair hang, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), in matters where no command had come, preferred to agree with the People of the Book rather than the polytheists. Then after that, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) began to part his hair.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was neither foul-mouthed nor did he use bad language, and he used to say: “The best among you are those who have the best character.”

Narrated from Ummul Momineen Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: Whenever the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was given a choice between two matters, he would choose the easier of the two, as long as it was not sinful. If it was sinful, he would keep away from it more than anyone else. And the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) never took revenge for his own sake, but when the limits of Allah were transgressed, he would take revenge for the sake of Allah.

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I have not seen silk or any (other) fine cloth softer than the palm of Allah’s Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), nor have I smelled any fragrance better than the fragrance of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him).

Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) was more modest than a veiled virgin girl.

In one narration it is stated (Shu’bah, may Allah have mercy on him, says) that when the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) disliked something, it could be known from his face.

Narrated Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him): The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) never criticized any food. If he desired it, he would eat it; if he disliked it, he would leave it (without criticizing it).

Narrated from Ummul Momineen Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) used to speak in such a manner (calmly and with pauses) that if someone wanted to count (the words), they could count them.

Umm al-Mu'mineen Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) says that indeed, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not speak hastily in the manner that you do.